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Clovis’ effort to reduce the prairie dog population at the city’s Ned Houk Park was cut short Monday by gusting winds, Bill Bizzell of the city Parks and Recreation Department told the Clovis News Journal.
Bizzell said park maintenance crews began applying the rodenticide Rozol on the perimeter of the park but had to stop around 10:30 a.m. because high winds were kicking up so much dust the work crew was hampered from doing its job, the News Journal said.
The Rozol application will resume as soon as the winds calm down, Bizzell told the paper.
Officials said the city doesn’t have enough poison for all the prairie dogs at the park but will eliminate as many as possible, working from the perimeter toward the park’s center, the News Journal said.
